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"I need a New PC!" 2011 Edition of SSD's for everyone! |OT|
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I'm going to be straight with you GAF, I'm not that great with my computer hardware knowledge. I'm looking to upgrade/build a new machine, but I've never done this myself before. Here's what I'm currently looking at;
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
4096MB RAM DDR2 (333MHz) (4 sticks of 1GB)
ATI Radeon HD 4870 GDDR5 1 GB
Budget: £500 - £1000 approx, can go more if needed, but would like to avoid if possible. (UK)
My main uses will be gaming, Battlefield 3 is definitely one that needs to run, I'd also like to get into emulation more, 1080p playback and some light 3d work/video editing. I'm also curious about 3D gaming as well, as I've heard some good things.
I plan to get a new monitor at some point as well, currently looking at 1680 * 1050, but will most likely be getting something along the lines of 1920 * 1080.
Battlefield 3/Skyrim are the current main games I want to run on release, but I want to be able to run a wide variety of games really well, as I'm becoming more and more of a PC gamer. I'm probably going to jump on The Old Republic as well. Currently playing Just Cause 2 and going to do a play through of Mass Effect 1 and 2.
Will reuse anything that can be reused from my current machine as listed above, but not to sure if there will be much there as it was built about 4/5 years ago now (can't remember exactly lol).
I want to have it done by November, I know that's still a while a way, but I want to make sure I do this right. Probably not going to overclock, though obviously I am open to the idea, I'm just somewhat nervous and honestly have no idea what I'm doing. I'm having a browse round now to see if I can find anything that might be good, apologies I have listed anything to start from, but any help would be greatly appreciated.
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
4096MB RAM DDR2 (333MHz) (4 sticks of 1GB)
ATI Radeon HD 4870 GDDR5 1 GB
Budget: £500 - £1000 approx, can go more if needed, but would like to avoid if possible. (UK)
My main uses will be gaming, Battlefield 3 is definitely one that needs to run, I'd also like to get into emulation more, 1080p playback and some light 3d work/video editing. I'm also curious about 3D gaming as well, as I've heard some good things.
I plan to get a new monitor at some point as well, currently looking at 1680 * 1050, but will most likely be getting something along the lines of 1920 * 1080.
Battlefield 3/Skyrim are the current main games I want to run on release, but I want to be able to run a wide variety of games really well, as I'm becoming more and more of a PC gamer. I'm probably going to jump on The Old Republic as well. Currently playing Just Cause 2 and going to do a play through of Mass Effect 1 and 2.
Will reuse anything that can be reused from my current machine as listed above, but not to sure if there will be much there as it was built about 4/5 years ago now (can't remember exactly lol).
I want to have it done by November, I know that's still a while a way, but I want to make sure I do this right. Probably not going to overclock, though obviously I am open to the idea, I'm just somewhat nervous and honestly have no idea what I'm doing. I'm having a browse round now to see if I can find anything that might be good, apologies I have listed anything to start from, but any help would be greatly appreciated.
bananaman1234
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So I built my computer last night and only had trouble setting up the dvd and hard drives. I don't really understand what master/slave is so I just connected them to via SATA. Everything works fine but I was just wondering if I was missing something important?
Krauser Kat
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That only matter if your going PATA.isoku said:
Any thoughts on this build?
I want a (somewhat) portable rig to play higher end games at max settings (Battlefield 3, Crysis 2) on one monitor. No need for storage since I have a NAS, or optical media since it's going to be Steam only:
CPU - Intel Core i5 2500K - 190 - Microcenter
Motherboard - Asus P8P67-M Pro - 150 - Amazon
RAM - G.Skill Ripjaws 8GB DDR3 - 64 - Newegg (already purchased)
GPU - Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 1GB Xtreme x2 Crossfire - 280 - Newegg
SSD - OCZ Vertex 2 120GB - 180 - Newegg
Case - Thermaltake Lanbox Lite VF6000BWS MicroATX/ITX Gaming Cube - 90 - Amazon
PSU - COOLER MASTER Silent Pro M600 RS-600-AMBA-D3 600W - 80 - Newegg
Cooler - CORSAIR CWCH60 Hydro Series H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - 47 - Newegg (already purchased)
Total: 1081.00 after tax, shipping, rebates and discounts.
Would appreciate any feedback on how I could improve it, what won't work, etc. (not the fact that the GPU isn't the latest and greatest). Should I wait on the 6950's unlocked to the 6970's to drop in price? I'm in no hurry, I can wait till fall.
I want a (somewhat) portable rig to play higher end games at max settings (Battlefield 3, Crysis 2) on one monitor. No need for storage since I have a NAS, or optical media since it's going to be Steam only:
CPU - Intel Core i5 2500K - 190 - Microcenter
Motherboard - Asus P8P67-M Pro - 150 - Amazon
RAM - G.Skill Ripjaws 8GB DDR3 - 64 - Newegg (already purchased)
GPU - Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 1GB Xtreme x2 Crossfire - 280 - Newegg
SSD - OCZ Vertex 2 120GB - 180 - Newegg
Case - Thermaltake Lanbox Lite VF6000BWS MicroATX/ITX Gaming Cube - 90 - Amazon
PSU - COOLER MASTER Silent Pro M600 RS-600-AMBA-D3 600W - 80 - Newegg
Cooler - CORSAIR CWCH60 Hydro Series H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - 47 - Newegg (already purchased)
Total: 1081.00 after tax, shipping, rebates and discounts.
Would appreciate any feedback on how I could improve it, what won't work, etc. (not the fact that the GPU isn't the latest and greatest). Should I wait on the 6950's unlocked to the 6970's to drop in price? I'm in no hurry, I can wait till fall.
bananaman1234
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I have a question about air flow. I have my PSU set up so it's blowing air towards the mobo. My radeon hd 6850 is in the pci-e slot closest to the PSU so the PSU is literally blowing air directly into the gpu. Is this the optimum setup? The fan on the gpu sucks in air but where exactly does it blow it out?
Saren is Bad
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isoku said:
Pretty much its drawing in hot air, which will likely hurt your PSU in the long run, but its the way I have it set up.
PSU fan(s) are set to suck air to the back of the PSU. The fan should be facing down toward the floor. If PSU is at bottom of the case, it's pulling fresh cool air from underneath the case. If top, it's pulling floating up hot air, from cpu, gpu and etc., to outside back of case.isoku said:
bananaman1234
Unconfirmed Member
Huh. I thought for sure is was blowing towards the mobo. I guess I may have it upside down. It's a CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W situated at the bottom with the fan facing the ceiling. I'll have to take a look again once I get home. Thanks for the tips.
Ok gaf, I have a 2500k overclocked to 4 GHz and a ATI 6850 from gigabyte. Obviously my videocard is the bottleneck on most games. My question is: would it be better to crossfire another 6850(my MoBo supports it) or should I just get a new card all together? Price is a concern. Also, is crossfire very game dependent? (i.e. some games will benefit and others wont?)
Thanks!
Thanks!
Misanthropy
Member
Is there any way for my wireless controller with a play and charge kit to play off of the computer? My initial guess is no but please feel free to confirm or deny my guess.
scogoth said:
Overall I am very happy with it! However, when I play stuff like Metro 2033 it has a lot of slowdown during explosions and high action parts, even on only high settings and 1440 x 900. Same thing with Just Cause 2. I haven't overclocked it (well I had it overclocked, but I had a bunch of crashing issues which I now think weren't due to the overclock, but I left it at default settings anyways). Perhaps I should go back and overclock it again?
Misanthropy said:
You'll need a wireless receiver:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000HZFCT2/?tag=neogaf0e-20
or if you get a wired 360 controller it will just work.
I just ordered the exact same setup as you. I am planning on running with 1 6850 until the holiday season, when I will pick up another one to xfire for BF3. Check out some 6850 xfire benchmarks. It's scales extremely well in a lot of games (sometimes over 100%) and chances are most newer games with take full advantage of it.Ultrabum said:
L0st Id3ntity
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Help. I couldn't find a concrete answer online.L0st Id3ntity said:
Yeah after sleeping on it I think I'm going to go with the asus 120hz monitor. Should hopefully be ordering the monitor and rest of parts today (8gb RAM, dvd drive, asus gtx 580, win 7 , 2tb drive, Intel 320 ssd). Comes out to about 1500 for all of that.TheExodu5 said:
So final specs for my machine :
Silverstone ft02
Asus p87 mobo
Core I7-2600k
Corsair H70
Corsair 8GB Ram
ASUS GTX 580
Corsair AX 850 PSU
DVD drive
Samsung f4 2tb
Intel 300 series 120gb
Win 7
Razer death adder mouse
Razer mechanical gaming keyboard
Asus 23" 120hz w/ 3d kit
So my total machine looks to come out around $2500-2600ish
Think I'm all set here . I'm nervous!!!
L0st Id3ntity said:
No you won't, just go into the nvidia control panel and check SLI on.
Smokey said:
Looks like a great build! Don't be nervous just have fun with building it. Hardest thing for newer builder is the thermal paste and I'm fairly certain the H70 has it pre applied. You're going to have a sick looking build at the end.
Have you bought the parts yet? You might want to look into a P67 Sabertooth motherboard, its about $25 more the a P6P67 Pro. Its a great board for overclocking and temps and looks fabulous in the FT02
EDIT: pics so sexy WARNING PC PORN
Watercooling gaf i have a question,
I've had watercooling in the past but im thinking of building one again (just for the fun of it)
But i was wondering does anyone know how to get the color in the tubes like this?
Because when i added my UV reactive stuff it looked more like this
So in short, does anyone know how to get the color effect more "subtle/waterish" do you just add les of the color and more of the distilled water or do you need something else?
I've had watercooling in the past but im thinking of building one again (just for the fun of it)
But i was wondering does anyone know how to get the color in the tubes like this?
Because when i added my UV reactive stuff it looked more like this
So in short, does anyone know how to get the color effect more "subtle/waterish" do you just add les of the color and more of the distilled water or do you need something else?
black_vegeta
Member
Smokey said:
Our builds are going to look similar with a few exceptions. $$$
I still need to buy 5 more components to have everything in my possession.
Only parts I'm missing are gpu, ram, ssd, hdd, dvd drive and monitor. I already have everything else. Going to order that stuff later today.scogoth said:No you won't, just go into the nvidia control panel and check SLI on.
Looks like a great build! Don't be nervous just have fun with building it. Hardest thing for newer builder is the thermal paste and I'm fairly certain the H70 has it pre applied. You're going to have a sick looking build at the end.
Have you bought the parts yet? You might want to look into a P67 Sabertooth motherboard, its about $25 more the a P6P67 Pro. Its a great board for overclocking and temps and looks fabulous in the FT02
EDIT: pics so sexy WARNING PC PORN
InfectedZero
Member
So I am going to go for the Damn Capable build from the OP and just wanted to run by a few questions. Keeping my budget with that build at 600 bucks and was going to go with the Cooler Master CM 690 II Advance case. Going to be using it for mainly for gaming, planning on playing StarCraft 2, Team Fortress 2, and other various titles. I don't expect to max out the graphics on everything but just wanted to know what I could run and cannot run with this setup. I'm not a huge pc guru or anything so I would appreciate the input 
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.black_vegeta
Member
Citizen K said:
Silverstone FT02
InfectedZero said:So I am going to go for the Damn Capable build from the OP and just wanted to run by a few questions. Keeping my budget with that build at 600 bucks and was going to go with the Cooler Master CM 690 II Advance case. Going to be using it for mainly for gaming, planning on playing StarCraft 2, Team Fortress 2, and other various titles. I don't expect to max out the graphics on everything but just wanted to know what I could run and cannot run with this setup. I'm not a huge pc guru or anything so I would appreciate the input
at 1920x1080 you will run sc2 at Ultra, TF2 on all max settings and pretty much all current Valve games max. BC2 and JC2 on high. Metro 2033 I'd guess medium or above. BF3 in the fall will probably be medium/high. Your biggest limit will be AA, sometimes you'll have to turn it off, especially new games that come out.
Smokey said:
NO. Get 2 GTX580s or even 2 GTX570s. 2 GTX570s are cheaper and faster then a 590.
black_vegeta
Member
scogoth said:
Really? Nice.
Felix Lighter
Member
Smokey said:
Nice. I remember you were doing a lot of research in the 2010 thread. I'm glad to see you're taking the plunge.
InfectedZero
Member
Appreciate it scogoth.
black_vegeta
Member
scogoth said:
Nice, save money and get better or equal performance. Thanks for the info.
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